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Natural gas consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2024 (in exajoules)

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Release date

June 2025

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2003 to 2024

Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
Figures exclude natural gas converted to liquid fuels. Derivatives of natural gas and coal consumed in gas-to-liquids transformation are included.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.
Figures were restated based on the latest edition of the report.

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The consumption of natural gas in the United Kingdom has fluctuated during the period under consideration, dropping to a low of *** exajoules in 2024.

Gas central heating

Gas is by the far the most common method of heating in the UK, with nearly ** percent of the population using it to heat their homes. However, in 2019 Chancellor Phillip Hammond put forward plans to ban fossil fuel heating systems in new homes built after 2025. The shift from gas central heating to low carbon electric systems such as heat pumps is expected to increase power demand for this sector to approximately 100 terawatt-hours a year by 2050. In 2024, the total electricity demand stood at over **terawatt hours.

Natural gas electricity generation

Natural gas plays a vital role in the nation’s electricity generation mix, making up a share of over ***percent in 2023. But projections show this is expected to change in the following decades. Whilst generation is expected to be approximately ** terawatt hours in 2025, by 2035 it is estimated to drop to just ** terawatt hours.